Hat-fastener.



) which the pin is & BERTHA MULOAHY, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed August 16, 1906. Serial No. 330.871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTHA MULoAHY, residing at the city of San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara, in the State of California, wife of M. Vincent Mulcahy, physician, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of San Jose aforesaid, have invented a new and useful Hat-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to hat fasteners t. 6., devices for fastening ladies hats to the hair; and it has for its object to provide a fastener embodying such a construction that with a single manipulation the device may be secured in any hat, and the hat secured on the head in such manner that there is no liability of the hat tilting, and one provided with means whereby its head is stopped at such a distance from the hat that said head may be readily grasped when it is desired to withdraw the fastener from the hair and hat.

IVith the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a detail view of the two-prong pin comprised in my novel hat fastener. Fig. 2 is a view illustrative of the manner in attached to the head of the fastener, and: Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the fastener complete and ready for use.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

A is the pin of the hat fastener. The said pin is made of one piece of wire or other material consonant with the purpose of the invention and comprises two parallel prongs a and 7), arranged about the proportional distance illustrated apart, and a crossbar 0 extending between and connecting adjacent ends of the prongs. At their ends remote from the crossbar c the prongs a and b are preferably pointed as illustrated to facilitate their being forced into and through the ma terial of a ladys hat.

B is the head of the fastener to which the pin A is connected, and C is the band or collar which receives the prongs a and b of the pin and is positioned on said prongs at a point adjacent to the head B, as shown in Fig. 3. The connection of the pin A to the head B is a pivotal one, and is effected through the medium of a'metallic attaching plate d which is soldered or otherwise aflixed to the head and is provided with a barrel 6 in which the crossbar c of the pin A is j ournaled. The head B is preferably of metal; and it may have any desired configuration and be made thick or thin in the discretion of the manufacturer without involving departure from the scope of my invention as claimed.

In the practical use of my novel fastener, the prongs of the pin A are forced into and through one side of a hat, the hair of the wearer and the opposite side of the hat in the order named until the band or collar C brings up against the exterior of the first mentioned side of the hat, and when the fastener is thus arranged, it will be apparent that the prongs a and b of the pin will rest in parallel positions, and will consequently prevent tipping of the hat as on a pivot or in other words will assure stability of the hat on the head. It will also be apparent that the head B may be made flat or of a curvature to conform with the shape of a hat for when the fastener is forced to its Working position, the band or collar 0 will engage the exterior of the hat and by serving as a stop will assure the head B being put'into such a position, relative to the hat, that said head may be conveniently grasped when it is desired to withdraw the fastener from the hat. In addition to engaging the exterior of the hat and serving to stop the head B from said exterior, the band or collar 0 serves by snugly surrounding the prongs a and b to materially strengthen the connection between the heel portions of the said prongs and to retain the same in positions parallel to each other so as to prolong the usefulness of the hat fastener as a whole. By virtue of the head of the fastener being ornamental in appearance, the fastener may be applied at any desired point relative to the hat; it being understood that hats according to shape require fastening at one of three points, viz: back, side or front.

In addition to the advantages hereinbefore ascribed to my novel hat fastener, it will be noticed that the fastener is susceptible of bein easily and cheaply produced; also, that the Fastener is calculated to enhance rather than detract from the finished appearance of a hat, and that it is well adapted to With stand the usage to which hat fasteners are ordinarily subjected.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by As an article of manufacture, a hat fastener comprising a pin formed of one piece of 5 material and having parallel prongs joined at their rear ends by a cro taching plate fixed to head and having a barr ss-bar, a head an at the inner side of the el in which the crossbar of the pin is journaled to pivotally con- 10 nect the pin with the collar arranged on-and head, and a band or snugly receiving the Letters-Patent, l prongs BERTHA MULOAHY.

Witnesses:

. L. V. SAPH,

M. V. MULCAHY.

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